State of Connecticut Executive Branch

• Provides instruction to inmates in areas of job skills development, educational placement and programs and transition services;
• Arranges for inmates to participate in college courses;
• Tracks inmate progress;
• Develops job skills for assigned group of inmates;
• Participates in career planning and development;
• Assists with job training;
• Provides life skills instruction;
• Evaluates inmate's abilities, skills, interests and vocational aptitudes and matches with job compatibility;
• Provides developmental direction to inmates in areas of education and vocational planning;
• Analyzes demographic and program information;
• Provides information about occupations, job and training opportunities and support services available in the community;
• Coordinates within the community job opportunities and assists in transition within the community;
• Identifies and develops community resources;
• Provides instruction in resume writing, interviewing skills and utilization of computer software;
• Maintains case records;
• Provides one-on-one and small group tutorial assistance;
• Analyzes and interprets computer generated reports;
• May prepare narrative and statistical reports;
• Performs related duties as required.

• Considerable knowledge of
  • educational programs and vocational occupations;
  • counseling and interviewing techniques;
• Knowledge of
  • occupations and job requirements;
  • processes and materials in specific vocations and trades;
  • life and job skills development;
  • reciprocal relationships between individuals and their social, economic and cultural environment;
  • individual and social factors relating to personal adjustment;
  • community resources;
  • program evaluation;
• Considerable
  • interpersonal skills;
  • oral and written communication skills;
• Ability to
  • utilize teaching and/or training techniques for individual inmate needs;
  • develop community resources;
  • relate to different cultural and economic backgrounds;
  • coach inmates;
  • utilize computer software.

• College training may be substituted for the General Experience on the basis of fifteen (15) semester hours equalling one half (1/2) year of experience to a maximum of four (4) years for a Bachelor's degree.
• A Master's degree in rehabilitation counseling, vocational or educational guidance or a closely related field may be substituted for the General Experience.
• Successful completion of a Connecticut Careers Trainee program approved by the Department of Administrative Services may be substituted for the General Experience.

• Incumbents in this class are required to possess a high school diploma or General Educational Development (GED) certification by the time of permanent appointment.
• Incumbents in this class may be required to possess and retain a current Connecticut Motor Vehicle Operator's license.

As defined by Sec. 5-196 of the Connecticut General Statutes, a job class is a position or group of positions that share general characteristics and are categorized under a single title for administrative purposes.  As such, a job class is not meant to be all-inclusive of every task and/or responsibility.